2002

Prints and Drawings

Tapping into print culture’s long history of engaging in biting social commentary, Enrique Chagoya’s sardonic multiples examine complicated sociopolitical issues. His affinity for syncretizing imagery rooted in Mexican culture and American politics serves as an effective tool to openly critique elites, including those in the contemporary art world. In Enlightened Savage, which references Pop artist Andy Warhol’s famous images of Campbell’s Soup cans, Chagoya openly condemns the exploitative relationship imposed on artists by dealers, galleries, and others in the contemporary art world. Here, the traditional Campbell’s Soup flavors have been replaced with ones like "Collector’s Broth" and "Fundraiser’s Adobo," as if to suggest that artists have no other recourse but to swallow one of these flavors in order to survive.

Medium

Set of ten pigmented inkjet prints mounted to sand-filled "c" enamel lined cans

Dimensions

each can: 4 × 2 5/8 in. (10.2 × 6.7 cm)
box: 4 × 2 1/2 in. (10.2 × 6.4 cm)

Credit Line

Janet and Simeon Braguin Fund

Accession Number

2006.37.1a-k

Culture
Period

20th century

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Edition

Edition 25/40

Marks

Trillium chop mark on bottom of each can.

Signed

in graphite, bottom of can: E.C.

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